Hand & Wrist Pain

What is Hand & Wrist Pain?

When something goes wrong with a hand or wrist, it can disrupt every part of daily life. Common hand problems include:

Arthritis — inflammation or swelling of joints
Carpal tunnel syndrome — compression of the median nerve as it passes through the carpal tunnel, an opening from the wrist to the hand
Ganglion cysts — non-cancerous cysts on tendons or joints
Tendonitis — inflammation of tendons

Schedule an appointment with a UR Medicine provider.

UR Medicine's Treatments for Hand & Wrist Pain

UR Medicine’s Hand and Wrist Services provides surgical and non-surgical care to adults and children throughout the nine-county Rochester region. Our team approach involves physicians and therapists who specialize specifically in the hand, wrist, and upper extremities.

Members of our Hand and Upper Extremity Rehabilitation Team are all Certified Hand Therapists trained to address issues created by repetitive motion, work injuries, auto-related injuries, and chronic pain disorders.

Our treatments go well beyond physical therapy and pain relief. Our team collaborates with your family, your insurance company, and even your employer to change your environment and your lifestyle to help free you from pain.

We begin with a full patient evaluation. Then we develop a therapy and care plan that can include any of the following:

Dexterity training
Edema (swelling) management
Functional capacity evaluation
Individualized therapeutic exercises
Injury management and prevention
Joint protection education
Onsite ergonomic evaluation
Orthotic fabrication and training
Pain control
Prosthetic training
Scar management
Sensibility re-education
Strengthening
Training in activities of daily living
Work conditioning/job simulation

UR Medicine experts specialize in the following treatments for hand and wrist pain:

Arthroscopy
Cyst or tumor excision
Dupytren's contracture release surgery
Endoscopic carpal tunnel surgery (surgery to relieve pressure on the median nerve)
Fracture fixation
Joint alignment
Microsurgery
Peripheral nerve surgery
Radial nerve release surgeries
Tendon repairs
Tendon transfer
Tenosynovectomy
Trigger finger release surgery
Ulnar nerve release surgery
Wrist fusion

What Sets Us Apart?

We are one of the only full-service hand and wrist centers in western New York. Our physicians have expertise in the wrist and hand disorders and in plastic, peripheral nerve, and vascular surgery.

Our experts are Certified Hand Therapists (CHTs) and specialize in physical therapy for elbow disorders as well. Our physicians are fellowship-trained specialists—the highest level of education in their field. They are board-certified or board-eligible, and many have achieved Certificates of Added Qualification in surgery of the hand. Our nurse practitioners and physician assistants have extensive training and specialized experience in the care of hand and wrist patients.

We are experts in the latest minimally invasive techniques as well as microsurgery. Working collaboratively with UR Medicine rheumatologists, we offer the region's most convenient and comprehensive approach to the treatment of arthritis in the hand. Working side by side-with-surgical oncologists, we use innovative strategies for transplantation of bone and soft tissue to treat bone tumors, frequently saving the hand.